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Tvvelfth Annual

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APRIL 23=26~ 1958

'UNITED S'J['A'rES MlILI1'AU.Y ACADEMY

WEST POINT, NEW YORK.

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General Davidson awards the Larmon Trophy to the 1957 winning te-am of Norman Lefstein and Phillip Hubbard, representing Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

The'Larmon Trophy has been awarded annually since 1947 to the winning team in the National Debate Tournament at West Point. The Trophy is the generous gift of Mr. Sigurd S. Larmon of Young and Rubicam, Incorporated of New York City.

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HISTORY

This Spring marks the twelfth successive year that college representatives from throughout the nation have journeyed to West Point to participate in the National Debate Tournament. Through eight seeding rounds and four elimination rounds these teams will vie for possession of the coveted Sigurd S. Larmon Trophy, emblematic of the national collegiate debating championship.

The idea of the Tournament at West Point seems to have evolved from two sources at about the same time and found its aegis in the renascence of cadet extra-curricular activity which followed the war years of 1941 through 1945. Du r ing the Second World War the accelerated program left little time in the cadett s training for extra-curricular pursuits ..But when the curriculum was again expanded to four years, Cadet Tom Schwinn took the reins of the r ec'ently re-established Debate Council and in the ensuing year arranged a small regional debate tournament. With the success of this intercollegiate meeting, the cadets were encouraged to think in terms of a larger, more comp r ehens ivefcurnarnent - - perhaps national in s cope. Simultaneously there was much discussion in other debate circles. It was generally agreed among intercollegiate debate coaches that there should be a national tournament. West Point seemed to be a logical and generally acceptable place at which to convene thes e annual meetings.

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would never have found form as a national tournament, however, had it not been for the. aid and advice of such officers as General Maxwell D. Taylor, then Superintendent of the Military Academy; Colonel L. J. Legere, at that time a member of the Department of Social Sciences; and Colonel G. A. Lincoln, the present Professor and Head of the Department of Social.Sciences at West Point. These men gave generously of their time in support of the project. They encouraged the few members of the early Debate Council and helped to pave the way for the first national tournament.

Administratively, little has changed in the Tcuenament '.e twelve-year evolution. The Academy does not propos e to s elect the regional participants. The nation is divided into eight areas by a more or less mathematical scheme determined by debate popu

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lation. The selection of the regional representatives becomes the responsibility of the member schools of each region. In every part of the country leaders in the forensic field give generously of their valuable time to perform the necessary pre-Tournament district tasks that enable them to bring outstanding debate teams together for this event.

This Spring thirty-six teams representing the nation's colleges and universities are again gathered at West Point to debate the national topic. Included in this year's program are lists which summarize the progress of the Tournament and reflect its growing stability and scope. From thes e lists it can be seen that this Tournament is truly national in scope. attracting teams representing a cross-section of the finest intercollegiate debating in the country.

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1958 Participating Schools

District I College of the Pacific University of San Francisco

District V (Continued) Wayne University University of illinois, Chicago •

University of Southern California Augustana College • San Diego State College

District VI District IT University of Miami (Florida)

State College of Washington University of South Carolina University of Idaho University of Alabama

Duke University District IiI

University of Oklahoma District VII Abilene Christian College Princeton University Baylor University George Washington University University of Houston Wilkes College

U. S. Naval Academy District IV University of Pennsylvania

University of Kansas Washburn University of Topeka District VIII Marquette University Harvard University Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire Dartmouth College Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eastern Nazarene College District V Fordham University School of Education

Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Xavier University (Ohio)

Host: United States Military Academy

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SCHEDULE TWELFTH ANNUAL NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT

All pairings will be announced in Grant Hall. Debate teams, coa ches and judges should arrive at Grant Hall no later than the times indicated.

Wednesday, 23 April PM 1:00 - 6:00

6:15

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Thursday, 24 April

AM 7:15

7:45

10:25

PM 12: 10

12:55

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3:45

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Friday, 25 April

AM 7: 10

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Registration, Housing, and Sightseeing

Supper (see administrative folder' for details concerning meals)

Orientation by Cadet Chairman in the Weapons Room, Cadet Gymnasium

Coaches I and Judges I Reception at the Officers I Club Debaters I Reception in the Weapons Room

Breakfast

Seeding Round One

Seeding Round Two

Dinner

Seeding Round Three

Tours of West Point

Seeding Round Four

Supper

Refreshments in Grant Hall

Breakfast

Seeding Round Five

Seeding Round Six

Dinner

Seeding Round Seven

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Friday, 25 April tPM 2:30 Movie entitled "T'he Making of a West Pointer" in the Elec

tricity Lecture Room.

3:45 Seeding Round Eight

7:00 Banquet at Cullum Hall; Announcement of Finalists; Individual Speakers' Awards

9:00 Coache s ' and Judges I Meeting at Cullum Hall

Saturday, 26 April

AM 7:10 Breakfast

8:05 Elimination Round

10:30 Quarter Final Round

10:30 Tour of Statistics Room

PM 12:10 Dinner

1: 10 Parade by Corps of Cadets on the Plain

2:00 Semi-Final Round

4:00 Fi:o.al Debate at Cullum Hall

6: 15 Supper

9:00 Informal Dance at Cullum Hall

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Cadets J'ames Murphy and George Walker, representing the United States Military Academy, receive the 1957 runner-up award from General Davidson.

TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Chairman Assistant Chairman Banquet Coordinator Escort Housing Messing Program Public Relations Secr etariat Statistics Training Aids & Debate

Rooms Transportation Treasurer

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Olen Brown, Memphis, Tenn. Jim Ray, Milledgville, Ga. Jack Downing, Ft. Campbell, Ky. Mike Jones, Kansas City, Mo. Bill Gil~ette, Suffolk, Va. Al Rushton, Memphis, Tenn. Bob Miller, Guarryville, Pa. Mike Dugan, Albany, N. Y. Frank Waskowicz, Dixon, Ill. Larry Hunt, Greeneville, Tenn. Mike Daley, Arlington, Va.

Van Ive y , East Point, Georgia

Dave Swanson, Galesburg, Ill. Dave Kyle, Bay Village, Ohio

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CHAIRMEN AND COMMITTEES FOR 1958

DISTRICT I t Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

Chairman - Professor Upton Palmer, University of California Professor Robert Griffin, University of Nevada Professor Charles Masten, Loyola University of Los Angeles Professor Eugene Moulton, University of Redlands Professor William Stites, Arizona State College Professor Paul Winters, College of the Pacific

DISTRICT I! Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Chairman - Professor W. Scott Nobles, University of Oregon Profes sor A. C. Hingston, Pacific University Professor Theodore Karl, Pacific Lutheran College Professor R. D. Mahaffey, Linfield College

DISTRICT II! Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Chairman - Professor Roger E. Nebergall, University of Oklahoma Professor Waldo Braden, Louisiana State University Professor Glenn Capp, Baylor University Professor John Graham, Central State College (Okla.) Professor D. J. Nabors, East Central State College (Okla. ) Professor J. Rex Wier, Southeastern State College (Okla.) Professor Don Williams, University of Texas

DISTRICT IV Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,

North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Chairman - Professor Grace Walsh, Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire Professor T. F. Nelson, St. Olaf College Professor Don Olson, University of Nebraska Professor Clara Chilson, Augustana College Professor Kim Giffin, University of Kansas· Professor Jack Howe, Southwestern College Professor Charles Goetzinger, Kansas State College

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DISTRICT V Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio

Professor Wayne E. Brockriede, University of Illinois (at Urbana) Professor Paul Carmack, Ohio State University Professor Henry L. Ewbank, Jr., Purdue University Professor Martin Holcomb, Augu s t ana College Professor Lawrence W. Kuhl , Western Reserve University

,Professor L. E. Norton, Bradley University Professor Wayne Thompson, University of illinois (at Chicago) Professor Russel Windes, Northwestern University

DISTRICT VI Alabarna, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,

North Carolina, South Carolina, Termessee

Professor Joseph C. Wetherby, Duke University Professor Franklin Shirley, Wake Forest College Professor Merrill G. Christophersen, University of South Carolina Professor Williaxn Smith, Alabama Polytechnic Institute Professor Donald Sprague, University of Mi arn i Profes sor Anabel Hagood, University of Alabama

DISTRICT VII Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

'Professor Robert E. Conne Ily, King's College Professor George F. Henigan, George Washington University Professor Thomas Hopkins, Mount Mercy College Reverend Gerard Murphy, S. J., St. Peter's College Professor Harold J. 0' Brien, Permsylvania State University Reverend Joseph F. X. Erhart, S. J., St. Joseph's College

DISTRICT VIII Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Mr. T. P, O'Malley, S. J., College of the Holy Cross Professor Herbert L. James, Dartmouth College Professor John A, Lynch, St. Anselm's College Professor Nicholas Onorato, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Jack Parker, University of Vermont Professor Charles Parkhurst, Brooklyn College Professor Donald Torrence, Wesleyan University

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HONOR ROLL OF DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMITTEES ,

fThose who have been on their district nominating committees four or more times (exclusive of 1958).

DISTRICT I Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

Emmet Long George Pepperdine College Alan Nichols University of California John Ackley San Diego State College W. A. Cable University of Arizona Upton Palmer University of California Charles Maston Loyola University of Los Angeles

DISTRICT II Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Ralph McGinnis University of Montana Paul Knoll Oregon State College Charles Battin College of Puget Sound Albert E. Whitehead University of Idaho A. C. Hingston Pacific University W. H. Veatch Washington State University R. D. Mahaffey Linfield College Theodore Karl Pacific Lutheran College Howard Runkel Willamette University

DISTRICT III Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Glenn Capp Baylor University Wayne C. Eubank University of New Mexico Waldo Braden Louisiana State University D. J. Nabors East Central State College R. D. Murphy Southwest Louisiana Institute

DISTRICT IV Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, .Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Ted Nelson Saint Olaf College Roy C. Nelson Colorado A & M Grace Walsh Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire Donald Olson University of Nebraska

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DISTRICT V Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio

Martin Holcomb Augustana College Forest Seal De Pauw University Paul Carmack Ohio State University Leonard Sommer University of Notre Dame M. H. Mikle Bowling Green State University

DISTRICT VI Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi

North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Dorothy Melzer Georgetown College Franklin R. Shirley Wake Forest College Paul Brandes University of Mississippi M. G. Christopherson University of South Carolina Douglas Ehninger University of Florida .Anabel D. Hagood University of Alabama Herman Pinkerton Tennes s ee Polytechnic Institute Gregg Phifer Florida State University

DISTRICT VII Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey

Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Joseph Ol Br i en Pennsylvania State University G. F. Henigan George Washington University Gerald J. Murphy St. Peter's College

DISTRICT Vlll Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire

New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Austin J. Freeley Boston University John Crawford Wesleyan University Jerome Kovalcik Champlain University Robert B. Huber University of Vermont

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The National Debate Tournament thanks the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pa. through :Vho~e courtesy the two highest speakers in the seeding rounds and the four flnahsts WIll each receive a Hamilton Electric Wrist Watch.

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NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT HISTORY Participants Years ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (TEX. ) ~6, 57 ,, . ARIZONA STATE COLLEGE 47 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (ILL. ) 47-57 BATES COLLEGE (ME. ) 48 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (TEX. ) 48 -53, 55, 56 BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY (0.) 50, 51 BRADLEY UNIVERSITY (ILL. ) 51 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (UTAH) 55, 56 CAPITAL UNIVERSIT Y (OHIO) 48 CASE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (OHIO) 53 CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE (OKLA.) 52, 53, 54, 56 CHAMP'LAIN COLLEGE (N. Y. ) 49 COE COLLEGE (lOWA) 48 COLGATE UNIVERSITY (N. Y. ) 51 COLLEGE OF PUGET SOUND (WASH. ) 56, 57 COLLEGE OF SAINT THOMAS (MINN. ) 47, 49 COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (MASS. ) 48, 51, 52-54 COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MAR Y (VA. ) 56 COLORADO UNIVERSITY 47, 48 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (N. H. ) 48, 51, 54, 56, 57 DAVID LIPSCOMB COLLEGE (TENN. ) 55 DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (IND. ) 48, 49, 51, 57 DUKE UNIVERSITY (N. C. ) 56, 57 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY (N. Y.) 57 GEORGE PEPPERDINE COLLEGE (CALIF. ) 49-53 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (D. C.) 49, 51, 52, 54 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (D. C. ) 49, 52" 56 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (WASH. ) 47, 48 GREENVILLE COLLEGE (ILL.) 56 HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MASS.) 50, 54-57 HIRAM COLLEGE (OHIO) 52 HOWARD'UNIVERSITY (D. C. ) 52 IDAHO STAT E COLLEGE 53, 57 ILLINOIS COLLEGE 54 ILLINOIS STAT E NORMAL UNIVERSIT Y 52, 54, 55 INDIANA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE 47 IOWA STATE COLLEGE 52 KANSAS STATE COLLEGE 55 KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE 51, 53 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY (OHIO) 51 LOS ANGELES STATE COLLEGE (CALIF.) 55, 56 LOUISIANA COLLEGE 47-49, 53, 54 LUTHER COLLEGE (IOWA) 50 MACALESTER COLLEGE (MINN. ) 56MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECH. 48, 49, 56, 57MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE 53

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U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY (MD.) 47, 48, 49, 50 UNION COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY (N. Y.) 55 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 49, 50 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 50 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS

ANGELES 48, 54 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (ILL. ) 48, 49 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 54 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 48, 50-57 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (TEX. ) 51, 53-57 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 52, 55 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 56, 57 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO 52-54, 56 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 48-57 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (FLA.) 52-55, 57 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 47, 51, 52 UNIVERSITY OF MONT ANA 49, 50 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 48 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 51, 52, 54 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (IND. ) 47-53, 55-57 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 57 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 49, 50, 51, 54, 57 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH (PA. ) 53, 57 UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS (CALIF. ) 50, 51, 52, 57 UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND (VA. ) 56 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 50, 51, 54, 56, 57 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 47, 48, 50-52, 54, 57 !UNIV:ERSITY OF THE SOUTH (TENN. ) 49 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 50, 51 !.I UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 47 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 47, 48, 50, 51 IUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 47-57 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 47 f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 55 UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA 53 UNIVERSITY OF WICHITA (KANS.) 48 UTICA COLLEGE (N. Y. ) 50, 51 WABASH COLLEGE (IND. ) 55 WASHBURN UNIVERSITY (KANS. ) 56 WAKE FOREST COLLEGE (N. C. ) 47, 48, 50, 52-56 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (CONN.) 50, 52 WHEATON COLLEGE (ILL. ) 47 WHITMAN COLLEGE (WASH.) 50 WILKES COLLEGE (PA. ) 54, 55, 57 WILLAMET'rE UNIVERSITY (ORE. ) 48, 49, 51, 52, 55 WISCONSIN STATE COLLEGE AT EAU

CLAIRE 50, 53-57 YALE UNIVERSITY (CONN.) 47, 49

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DISTRICT WIN,.,I...OSS RECORD

I II III IV V VI VII VIII W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L

1947 6 8 5 16 19 13 3 8 17 19 76 14 10 10 7 1948 10 11 6 10 21 11 15 16 18 18 13 8 3 7 12 16 1949 13 19 10 14 21 22 21 14 22 19 12 7 21 29 18 16 1950 16 17 11 14 25 12 18 16 27 21 18 25 10 24 18. 18 1951 17 15 9 15 21 11 18 14 20 20 11 21 20 12 16 24 1952 30 17 10 15 27 15 22 14 16 25 12 20 16 20 10 22 1953 9 16 7 10 19 16 24 21 22 21 26 15 12 28 25 22 1954 16 13 5 11 24 14 23 22 20 23 21 24 15 19 22 21 1955 . 7 17 13 19 16 16 24 16 24 16 20 20 14 10 18 22 1956 14 20 9 8 18 17 21 23 27 20 15 27 26 20 19 22 1957 11 13 9 15 18 14 16 24 21 19 11 21 24 16 24 16

SUMMATION OF DISTRICT WIN-LOSS RECORDS, 1947-1957

W L Win 0/0 Relative Standing

District I 149 166 47. 301 5 District II 94 147 39. 00 8 District III 229 161 58.72 1 District IV 205 188 52. 16 2 District V 234 221 51. 43 3 District VI 166 194 46.11 7 District VII 175 195 47.297 6 District VIII 192 206 48.24 4

DISTRICT TEAM QUOTAS

1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1'952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 District I 2 4 4 4 4 5 '~ 3 3 3 3 3 3 District II 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 District III 5 5* 5* 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 District IV 2 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5* 5 5 5 District V 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6* District VI 2 3 2 5 ~~ 4 4 4 5* 5 5* 4 4 District VII 4 2 6 4 4 4 5** 4 4 5 6# 5 District VIII 3 5 4 4 5* 4 5 5 5 5 5 5

*lncludes previous winner (automatic invitation). **Previous winner, Redlands of District I. declined automatic invitation; District VII

was given an extra invitation for 1953 only. #Previous winner, United States Military Academy. was present as host team; automatic invitation extended to runner-up. St. Jo s ephs College.

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Previous Winners Southeastern State College

Pr evious Runners - Up University of Southern California

I 1948: North Texas State College University of Florida

1949: University of Alabama Baylor University

1950: University of Vermont Augustana College

1951: University of Redlands Kansas State Teachers' College of Emporia

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1954: University of Kansas University of Florida

1955: University of Alabama Wilkes College

1956: United States Military Academy St. Jos eph ' s College

1957: Augustana College United States Military Academy

The staff of the Twelfth Annual National Debate Tournament takes great pleasure in making the following announcements:

SPECIAL NOTICE

The winning team of the Tournament will appear on the College News Conference on Sunday, 27 April, at 1 :30 p. rn . Emanating from Washington, D. C., this coast-to-coast·broadcast is carried over the ABC-TV Networ-k,

The Tournament winners will also appear on Dave Garroway's Today (NBC-TV) on Monday rno r rrin.g, 28 April. 7:00 - 9:00 a. m.

For the second successive year, through the cooperation of Miss Dorothy Gordon, rno de r ato r , the New York Times Youth Forum (on TV station WABD, New York) on Sunday, 27 April, at 12 o'clock, will devote its program to the national debate topic. Student panelists on this program will be selected from among debaters present at the National Debate Tournament.

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